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Comb

Akan, 2000

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Akan

Comb

Akan, 2000

Physical Qualities Wood, 3 9/16 x 9 9/16 in. (9 x 24.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number 2008.147
Comb with eleven teeth. Upper portion contains head and upraised arms. Teeth 4-6 are missing.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Inscribed: On back, in black ink and in white paint: "C12".

Culture

Akan

2000–2000

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